NXT is on the air with a show taped in front of a live
studio audience from a sound stage the Performance Center in
Orlando. Opening the show is a last chance qualifier.
On commentary is Vic Joseph and Booker T, and the ring
announcer is Mike Rome. Sarah Schreiber is in the Mean Gene
role doing backstage interviews.
Wren Sinclair (with Charlie Dempsey) defeated Cora Jade and
Kelani Jordan and Jaida Parker in a fatal four-way match to
qualify for the Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge.
Sinclair pinned Jade, thanks in large part to outside
interference by Lola Vice. Jordan and Jade are also doing a
program in a subplot, seemingly setting up a match between
them in the near future.
Jordan got to shine with several high spots, like a quebrada
off the barricade around ringside. But it was Parker in
control as the show cut to its first commercial break.
Parker stacks Sinclair and Jade in the ropes and Parker
drops a bomb on both. Parker boasts with a dance that is
shown on replay just before the show goes into the break.
They come back from the break with an awkward Tower of Doom
spot, and they go into a series of near falls. They took
turns breaking up the pinning attempts. Sit-out powerbombs,
Swanton Bombs, Falcon Arrows, and frog splashes are just
some of the big moves.
Just before they go home, Jordan does a 450 splash. Parker
breaks up Jordan’s pin on Jade. In a call back to earlier in
the match, Parker then goes to stack Jordan in a corner.
Suddenly, Lola Vice on the apron. Vice goes to throw a
spinning back fist at Parker. Ducking the back fist, Parker
avoids Vice’s attack, but Sinclair is inadvertently struck
by Vice’s back fist. Sinclair falls like a stone, landing on
a fallen Jade. Sinclair is out, but she is in a pinning
combination. The referee counts a pinfall on Jade.
Meanwhile, Vice drags Parker out of the ring. Fluke win by
Sinclair, but she nevertheless qualifies for the Iron
Survivor Challenge at Deadline.
Sarah Schreiber interviews Eddy Thorpe in a backstage area.
He has a fair chance tonight, and he vows to win. Up walks
Lexis King to interrupt the interview, telling Thorpe to
control his temper. King makes a wisecrack about Thorpe
being a “loose cannon,” and Thorpe responds by saying King
has “daddy issues.”
Out comes an angry Jaida Parker, with a microphone in one
hand and a brick in the other. Parker is yelling for to take
down the ring ropes. Parker is calling out Vice for an
Underground match. The show cuts to a commercial break just
as Parker hijacks the show. This leads to an Underground
match being added to the Deadline card.
Back from commercials, and Parker is in the ring calling out
Vice. Referees around the ring taking down the ropes. Out
comes NXT General Manager Ava, and she tells Parker she can
have an Underground match. Just not tonight. Ava says Parker
cannot wrestle twice in one night.
Lola Vice storms back onto the sound stage and she is
yelling for Parker. Vice confronts Parker in the ring. The
GM seems powerless to stop an altercation. Parker tossed the
brick to Vice, but that was a diversion. Parker then drops
Vice with a roaring elbow. Vice is knocked out as Parker
stands over her. Parker against Vice in the Underground at
Deadline is set.
Karmen Petrovic is chatting backstage with Dion Lennox and
Brinley Reece, when Petrovice gets roses from Ashante “Thee”
Adonis. The romance continues.
Myles Borne wins a Number One Contenders’ Tag Team Battle
Royal
Myles Borne wins the battle royal, which makes the No
Quarter Catch Crew the number one contenders for the tag
team titles. Borne and Tavion Heights will challenge for the
NXT Tag Team Championship at Deadline against champions
Nathan Frazier & Axiom.
Unlike other tag team battle royals, an elimination of one
team member does not mean both teammates are eliminated. The
last man in the ring wins the match her his team. The final
three are Borne, Tank Ledger, and Lucien Price. Borne
clotheslines Tank over the top rope, and then Borne
dropkicks Price off the turnbuckles.
Eric Bischoff hosts a face-to-face confrontation with NXT
Champion Trick Williams and challenger Ridge Holland
Bischoff does a good job of hosting this segment and hyping
it up. The confrontation between champion and challenger led
to a brawl and an injury angle. Trick Williams leaves on a
stretcher after Holland uses his DDT finisher to spike
Williams on the announce desk.
Before the injury angle came walking and talking, as
Bischoff enters the soundstage. He is joined by his guests,
and promos are cut. Holland and Williams trade barbs. They
then get into a brawl. The fighting spills outside the ring.
Holland smashes Williams into the ring steps, and then
Holland gives Williams an implant DDT on the announce desk.
The desk did not break, and they sold it like Williams was
seriously injured from the spot. A stretcher is wheeled out
for Williams.
After a commercial break, Williams is shown being taken out
on a stretcher. Reporter Sarah Schreiber offers an update
from Ava, who was unsure what potential injury means for the
NXT Championship match at Deadline. Thanks for the update, I
guess.
Karmen Petrovic defeated Nikkita Lyons
Petrovic pinned Lyons after the “Silent Slice” kick. Ashante
“Thee” Adonis becomes involved in the match just before the
finish, and Petrovic is angry with him for pushing her. He
was seemingly trying to save her, but that is not how it
worked out. Nonetheless, Petrovic perseveres to deliver the
Silent Slice.
Shawn Spears talks with Brooks Jensen and Niko Vance. Spears
is playing the long game. Whatever that means in NXT. This
skit made Spears look foolish, as both Tatum Paxley and Gigi
Dolan clown on him. This leads to Spears scouting the next
match. Whatever that means.
Gigi Dolan (with Tatum Paxley) defeated Izzi Dame
Dame fought valiantly, and she got a lot of offense. In WWE
logic, that foreshadowed the outcome where Dolan wins in the
end. Dolan won via pinfall after a “Gigi Driver” finish.
Paxley became involved during the match, and she takes a
bump for Dame. Spears is in the aisle for much of the match
being creepy as heck as he watches on.
Sean “X-Pac” Waltman, in a cameo appearance, joins Je’Von
Evans for a backstage interview. X-Pac says he was the same
age as Evans when Waltman beat Razor Ramon. Evans goes to
shake hands with Waltman, but X-Pac wants to “Too Sweet”
instead.
Eddy Thorpe defeated Axiom and Lexis King and Cedric
Alexander in a fatal four-way match to qualify for the Men’s
Iron Survivor Challenge
Several wrestlers are on hand watching the match. Ethan Page
is providing guest commentary at the announce desk. Je’Von
Evans is watching among the studio audience, while Wes Lee
is Crow Sting (as he watching from a platform overlooking
the ring).
Thorpe pinned King, after stealing a pinfall from Axiom.
Just as they go home, Axiom delivers the “Golden Ratio” to
King. Axiom seemingly has a pinfall, but Thorpe pulls Axiom
out of the ring NWO style. Thorpe then jumps into the ring
to cover King for a three count. In winning, Thorpe becomes
the final qualifier for the Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge.
The first part of the match, before the commercial break,
was okay. After the break, the match greatly heats up and
the action intensifies.
GM Ava is FaceTiming with Stevie Turner and Robert Stone.
Ava insists the NXT title match at Deadline will go on as
plans, despite Trick being injured in the brawl earlier
tonight.
Thorpe also cuts a promo on Turner and Stone.
NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez get into the ring,
wearing street clothes and the NXT title over he shoulder.
Perez cuts a heckuava promo, and she also cuts promos on all
of the participants of the Iron Survivor Challenge.
This all leads to Sol Ruca, Zaria, Stephanie Vaquer and
Giulia all coming out to confront each other and Perez. A
brawl erupts between the four women. Meanwhile, Wren
Sinclair lays out Perez. Sinclair then stands over Perez
while holding the title belt overhead.
TO THE BACK, where Eddy Thorpe is laid out after being
jumped by a mystery assailant. The show ends with a Tonya
Harding angle on this go-home episode of NXT.
